Uncle Sam Payday and a Police Chief's Motorcycle Mishap
Aiken Police Department members, nicknamed Busbee's Angels, shared a light moment after Chief Carroll Busbee accidentally started his son's motorcycle and toppled into an open trailer in their yard. He joked about pride over damage and earned the nickname Evil Knievel. Walter Phelps marked his 80th birthday last Friday on Friday the 13th, earning playful remarks about longevity.
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Busbee
Evil Knievel
Walter Phelps
Time Going On Time Selling Like Hotcakes in Morganton
Morganton residents flock to Time magazine as Sam J. Ervin Jr. graces the cover. Bookshop manager Shirley Spring restocked 60 copies and requested more shipments, praising Ervin as a formidable Senate Watergate investigator leading the committee.
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Morganton
N.C
Time Magazine
North Carolina
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Shirley Spring
Muses
Sam
Sentate
Time
Nixon Plans Autumn Europe Trip With NATO Leaders
President Nixon outlines a fall national tour to meet leaders in Great Britain France Italy and West Germany to discuss trade military aid and troop levels. Georges Pompidou may visit the U S for conferences ahead of autumn while Ed Heath Guilio Andreotti and Willy Brandt are slated to meet or visit in the near term.
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Europe
Nixon
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Gerald L. Warren
Great Britain
France
Italy
West Germany
United States
Georges Pompidou
Edward Heath
Guilio Andreotti
Willy Brandt
Former IRA Head Sean Mac Stiofan Freed From Jail
Sean Mac Stiofain, former chief of staff of the Irish Republican Army, was released from Curragh jail after a 59 day hunger strike. The Anglo Irish 44 year old said he remained an unrepentant Republican separatist and declined to discuss IRA Provisional Wing plans. His wife Maire picked him up and his prestige within the group had suffered.
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Irish Republican Army
Maire
Curragh
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Provisional
Housewife Killed In Belfast After Door Knock
A 59-year-old Protestant housewife Margaret Miller was killed at midnight in Belfast when gunmen fired through her front door. Four bullets struck her as she answered, and the killers escaped in a waiting car. Police linked the crime to a revenge killing for IRA member Robert Millen, a Protestant on a vigilante patrol slain the previous night.
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Robert Millen
Irish Republican Army
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Millen
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Jews Begin Voyage To Israel On Passover Cruise
Passengers aboard the QE2, nearly all Jewish, began a Passover cruise to Israel with a religious service in a ballroom turned synagogue. Guards and protective measures were set by Cunard Line and British officials as the ship heads toward Lisbon with navy and air force tracking the vessel.
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Israel
Lisbon
Portugal
Cunard Line
Air Force
Nixon seeks 4.1 billion inflation stockpile sale
President Nixon asked Congress to allow sale of 4.1 billion dollars of strategic materials from the national stockpile. He argued freedom from security needs still exists while inflation pressures rise with higher commodity prices. He warned without action consumer prices will rise.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Weekend Weather Averages Give Way To Rain Likely
A recent sunny weekend is followed by cloud cover with a 20 percent chance of rain tonight and 30 percent on Tuesday. Lows near the upper 40s tonight, highs in the low 70s tomorrow, with southeast winds 10 to 15 mph through Tuesday. The outlook on Friday remains warm with highs in the 80s and lows around the 50s.
Walk-A-Thon Nets About 6000 for March of Dimes
Weary 300 walkers led by Ernie Berrie of Aiken High raised about 6000 dollars in the event, more than triple the prior year. The effort featured sponsors for many, snacks for participants, and a minor crash as county chair John Thomas was rear ended while following the group.
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Weary
Aiken High
Bernie
William P Berrie
Pendleton Street
Aiken
Berrie
Bobby Bell
Aiken Junior High
David Sanders
Danny Abney
USCA
George Bowdler
Cap-Tap
Harold Baston
Big Star
Georgia Avenue
March of Dimes
Barbara Allman
Coca-Cola
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The
Mixed Stock Prices Open on Broad Exchange Slide
New York markets opened mixed as the Dow Jones average slipped fractionally while gains led declines on the New York Stock Exchange. Kroger fell 1/2 to 18, Chrysler down 4 to 4percent, ITT down percent to 41, Fannie Mae off percent to 16, following Friday's Dow drop of 4.67 points to 959.36.
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AEC Abandons Plans For Waste Storage
Senator Hollings said the Atomic Energy Commission will not use Savannah River Plant for permanent disposal of radioactive waste from commercial concerns. The decision also blocks permanent storage of Allied Gulf Nuclear Fuel Plant wastes in South Carolina, seen as a victory by opponents.
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Ernest F. Hollings
D S.C
Atomic Energy Commission
Savannah River
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James T
AEC
South Carolina
Allied Gulf
Barnwell
Public Hearing on Dog Control Ordinance Set
Aiken City Council will hold a public hearing next Monday April 23 at 8 p.m. in City Council Chambers to discuss an animal control ordinance. The plan would license and register all city dogs and hire a full time animal control officer with estimated costs around 9500 dollars plus licenses and wage costs. Council may change the measure before final approval with one council member proposing seasonal curbs on roaming dogs.
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Aiken
Windham
Ham
Hastings Wyman
South Vietnamese troops move toward Cambodian border after first incursion
Reports say Saigon forces conduct defensive border operations to drive Communist troops from Cambodia while denying crossing the border. Viet Cong denounces the action as US ordered and violative of Cambodia’s sovereignty. About 500 refugees flee as fighting continues near Tinh Bien.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
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South Vietnam
Vietnamese forces push into Cambodia with patrols reported
AP photographer Neal Ulevich filed from Tinh Bien as two South Vietnamese armored columns penetrated about 500 yards into Cambodian territory. No fighting was reported there on Monday, though 15 truckloads of troops moved toward the border from Chau Doc. Lt. Col. Le Trung Hien said Sunday’s fighting occurred northwest of Hong Ngu with 22 Communist troops and three South Vietnamese dead and 38 South Vietnamese wounded.
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Saigon
Hien
Vietnam Cease Fire Terms Include Cambodia and Laos
The Jan 28 cease fire among the United States South Vietnam North Vietnam and the Viet Cong ends military action in Cambodia and Laos withdraws troops and bars use of these nations as attack bases. Laos saw a Feb 22 cease fire while Cambodia lacks a signed truce. The U S and South Vietnam accuse Hanoi of infiltrating troops and materiel into Cambodia and fighting with Khmer Rouge near Phnom Penh.
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